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The Pink Panther (1963) review

By Greg Treadway ⋅ January 25, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

For me there are two Peter Sellars movies, The Pink Panther and Dr. Strangelove. Both are very different movies and Sellars is very different in each one. One thing is true of both movies and of Sellars in both movies and that is they are fall down funny movies. Originally The Pink Panther was to [...]

The Reader (2008) review

By Greg Treadway ⋅ January 24, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

BEST PICTURE OF THE YEAR The Curious Case of Benjamin Button  Frost/Nixon  Milk  The Reader  Slumdog Millionaire The Reader (2008) review The film smacks us right away as a series of moral dilemmas. Certainly contrived by author Bernhard Schlink, whose original original The Reader was an international bestseller. Schlink, a lawyer/judge who usually writes detective stories. [...]

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) review

By Greg Treadway ⋅ January 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON When I first started to go through this reversal of aging film I was skeptical. I knew right away that this was a story adapted from F. Scott Fitzgerald. From what I recall about that book things don’t go so well. I also did not recall the book talking [...]

Frost/Nixon (2008) review

By Greg Treadway ⋅ January 22, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Ron Howard is expected to reach into his bag of tricks and come out with another hit.* His team fill that bag with some good things because Ron Howard is doing alright. Now they have to all pull together and take a swing at the highest office in the land. Their target is Tricky [...]

Academy Award’s 81st Best Picture Oscar (PREDICTION)

By Greg Treadway ⋅ January 19, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

81st Academy Awards Show: February 22, 2009 @ 8:00pm Sunday Mmmmm. Smell that? That bitter sweet smell is Oscar. He cannot be stopped, he’s on the way. The film-like air that surrounds us once again is certainly that of our dear friend and enemy to some, Oscar. This year, for all movies released in [...]

WALL-E (2008) review

By Greg Treadway ⋅ January 19, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Something amazing is always expected from the next Pixar project. Coming on the heals of the enormous success of Ratatouille and The Incredibles, comes the team’s adventure into space with WALL-E. Perhaps this film is their attempt at minimalism or a what if R2-D2 was alone without his golden companion as a straight man. The [...]

Braveheart (1995) review

By Greg Treadway ⋅ January 18, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Braveheart is a film that can be called, in our modern way of story telling on screen, an epic. There are sweeping vistas, castles, teams of horses and loads of people all fighting at the same time. Yep, cool. Mel Gibson doesn’t make any long lasting impression as Sir William Wallace, Scottish national hero in [...]

Milk (2008) review

By Greg Treadway ⋅ January 18, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

What constantly pops off the screen as cinema gold in the new film Milk is the film’s star Sean Penn. It is completely save to say that Sean Penn is Milk. Penn seems boundless in his depiction of Harvey Milk, who was an affable, magnetic guy, capable of picking up a longtime boyfriend with a [...]

Presidents And The Cars They Drove — Part II

By Greg Treadway ⋅ January 17, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-68 • 1934 Ford Phaeton President Johnson used his 1934 Ford Phaeton touring car for hunting. It’s equipped with a V8 Lincoln Zepher engine and a steel plate underneath to prevent damage when going over rough terrain. It was a maroon color with tan upholstery until 1962 when it was repainted red. [...]

Presidents And The Cars They Drove — Part I

By Greg Treadway ⋅ January 16, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

William Howard Taft (1909-1913) • Baker Electric Taft’s presidential administration was the first to switch to cars from the old horse and buggy. It was also the first to supply vehicles for official presidential use. Ahead of his time, the 27th president included in his fleet an environmentally friendly Baker Electric, the actual car shown [...]